Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Super Freaky Glasses

I just read SEEING CINDERELLA, by Jenny Lundquistand HAD to tell you about it!

Below are my Top
Five Reasons To Read This Book:

1. The
Premise:Calliope
Meadow Anderson (“Callie”) finds out she needs glasses. Her new frames are hideously large—a total
nightmare, except for one cool feature: When Callie wears them, computer
screens appear over everyone’s heads, revealing their innermost thoughts! Suddenly, Callie knows what her best friend,
secret crush, and locker partner REALLY think about her. Sometimes, that’s not a good thing.

2. Callie’s
new friend Ana:
She
definitely has something to hide. But even with her super freaky glasses,
Callie can’t decipher Ana’s thoughts, since the words on Ana’s computer screen
appear in her native tongue: Spanish.

3.The
Cinderella Metaphor:
Callie auditions for the lead in her school’s production of Cinderella. But when she gets the part, she gives it to
her best friend Ellen. It’s easier to be the understudy and avoid the
spotlight. Isn’t it?

4.Super
Freaky Chapter Titles: My favorites:

*Super Freaky Glasses Rule #3: Most People Tell Little White Lies. Don’t Be Offended. You Do The Same Thing.

*Super Freaky Glasses Rule #9: It’s Easier To Dislike Someone When You Don’t Have To Read Their Thoughts.

5.The
Lesson: (from p.213)“One
thing the glasses taught me: No matter how different we looked on the outside,
on the inside we worried and wondered about the same things. We all hoped we’d
find someone who would see us for the person we really were, and the person we
wanted to be.”

Jenny is represented by Kerry Sparks of Levine Greenberg Agency. Seeing Cinderella will be published by Aladdin M!X in the Spring of 2012. (On-Sale Date: 3/20/2012).

***Jenny is also doing a giveaway of an ARC and
funky socks on her BLOG this week. All you need to do is leave a number between 1 and 225 in the comments section! The contest ends this Sunday at midnight.